{"id":80155,"date":"2026-08-25T15:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/80155\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:11:19","slug":"celebrity-manager-ralph-carr-jailed-for-6-years-for-raping-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/80155\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity manager Ralph Carr jailed for 6 years for raping woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrity agent Ralph Carr began to cry as a judge jailed him for six years over the rape of a young woman. <\/p>\n

The 66-year-old, whose full name is Ralph Carnovale-Carr, was jailed for six years in the County Court of Victoria on Tuesday, four weeks after a jury found him guilty of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. <\/p>\n

Carr kept his head low for much of the hearing but cried and shook his head at times as Judge Frank Gucciardo delivered his reasons for sentence.
His sentencing remarks were filmed by a TV camera and will be broadcast. <\/p>\n

Giving the victim the pseudonym Sally, Judge Gucciardo said the young woman and Carr had known each other, with a friend of Sally previously working for his company Ralph Carr Management.<\/p>\n

In early 2023, Sally reached out to Carr via email to let him know she\u2019d seen his company\u2019s Facebook page tagged in a group called \u201cLocal Girls 21+\u201d.<\/p>\n

In response, Carr thanked her and offered her work on an \u201cexciting project\u201d. <\/p>\n

Judge Gucciardo said the pair met up to discuss the role, with the woman giving evidence she decided to stay and socialise because it was \u201cfun hanging out with Ralph\u201d. <\/p>\n

After a night spent drinking and consuming cocaine, Carr and the woman were in his bedroom where she was upset and venting about her boyfriend. <\/p>\n

The judge said Carr pulled her from a couch to the bed and comforted her, remarking \u201cI won\u2019t let anything happen to you\u201d. <\/p>\n

Carr then attempted to kiss her, with the woman responding \u201cyou need to stop, I don\u2019t want this\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou’re just so sexy,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to sleep, you need to let me have sex with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carr then raped the woman, first with his finger or fingers and then with his penis before she punched him in the face and called him a \u201cf–king rapist\u201d. <\/p>\n

Judge Gucciardo said that while Carr\u2019s crimes were not premeditated or planned, his conduct was \u201cappalling\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cRape is a crime of violence this was committed by you in an egregious breach of trust,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou chose to abuse that trust in the most abhorrent manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

The judge accepted the evidence of more than a dozen character references tendered on behalf of Carr that he was a person of \u201cprior good character\u201d and the offending was an isolated incident. <\/p>\n

He told the court he accepted Carr\u2019s mental health had suffered after he was outed as a rapist and his successful career was likely at an end. <\/p>\n

Judge Gucciardo then turned to a legal effort by Carr\u2019s defence to place the sentence on hold, pending an appeal against conviction to the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

Last week, Carr\u2019s barrister Dermot Dann KC asked the judge to stay sentencing, arguing the jury\u2019s verdicts was the \u201cmost obvious miscarriage of justice\u201d he\u2019d seen in his 35-year career as a trial barrister. <\/p>\n

He submitted there was a \u201creal and genuine\u201d prospect of Carr\u2019s convictions being overturned. <\/p>\n

Mr Dann also argued his client was \u201cgoing through hell\u201d in prison, with his mental health deteriorating, and had pinned his hopes on the outcome of the stay application. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf that goal, that hope is removed we would say the situation is particularly concerning, particularly dark,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Judge Gucciardo said the law was clear that a sentence should only be stayed in rare and exceptional circumstances where it finds there is a real possibility of a miscarriage of justice. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have no such sense in this case,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

The judge said juries were entrusted with determining guilty or innocence, and while Mr Dann had raised inconsistencies in the victim\u2019s account, it was for the jury to decide if evidence was incredible or implausible. <\/p>\n

He said the jury had heard all the relevant evidence and Mr Dann had comprehensively questioned the woman and highlighted each alleged inconsistency for the jury\u2019s decision. <\/p>\n

Judge Gucciardo refused Carr\u2019s bid to stay the sentence.<\/p>\n

Carr will first become eligible for parole after serving four years in prison, while his legal team have indicated they plan to appeal the convictions.<\/p>\n

Carr rose to prominence as an entertainment manager in the 1990s, representing several high-profile musicians and performers before moving into sports management where he signed former Richmond superstar Dustin Martin as a client. <\/p>\n

He was unmasked as a convicted rapist in early August following the jury\u2019s verdict and a series of suppression orders that barred media from identifying him in connection to the case ended. <\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/a><\/p>\n

Liam Beatty is a court reporter with NCA NewsWire. He has previously worked in newsrooms in Victoria and Western Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrity agent Ralph Carr began to cry as a judge jailed him for six years over the 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